(TAN): The tourism industry of Maldives is doing better than most other destinations with the island nation recording 6,037 arrivals on December 27.
“New record of tourist arrivals on a single day since Maldives reopened borders. It’s #SixThousand (6,000) plus tourists today. Thanks and Congratulations to industry partners, related authorities, lovely tourists and the charming people of #Maldives. Love you ALL very much,” the country’s tourism minister Abdulla Mausoom said in a tweet.
As Maldives continues to overcome the economic impacts of the Covid-19 crisis, the country recently welcomed the 100,000th tourist since borders reopened in July 2020, as well as the 500,000th tourist for the year 2020.
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Although arrivals have been lower than expected initially since borders reopened, things have picked up as the country entered the festive season, which is what industry experts call “peak season”.
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